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Detective Comics #312
Cover ACGC Census
124
Total Graded
0
9.8 NM/MT
10
8.0 VF
Matt Hagen breaks jail again and uses his pool of protoplasm to renew his Clayface identity. Using his powers, Hagen is unstoppable, until Batman follows him to the secret grotto where the pool is located. Batman and Hagen start fighting and both of them fall into the pool, after which they are both transformed into clay. Batman uses his new powers to become a Clayface-Batman in order to fight Clayface on even terms. At the end of the fight, Batman defeats Clayface and returns him to prison.
Cover Date
February 1, 1963
On Sale Date
December 27, 1962
Pages
36
Cover Price
$0.12
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
Jack Schiff
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Characters
Clayface [Matt Hagen]; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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